The 13 May coup was widely foreknown yet nobody stopped it

Evidence

One of the surprising aspects of the “spontaneous” events of 13 May is that so many people were informed about what was going to happen, and nothing was done to stop it. On the 12th, the correspondent of Le Figaro had cabled back to Paris: “It is probable that tomorrow afternoon the Gouvernement-Général will be invaded by the mob.” Returning from Paris that same day, the former secretary-general of the Algiers police, Paul Teitgen, warned an impassively disbelieving Salan of the impending invasion, telling him that the paras would do nothing to stop it. He then sent a warning to Pflimlin, via the curiously circuitous route of the United States consul-general, the State Department and the Quai d’Orsay. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 866 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The 13 May coup was widely forewarned yet nothing was done to prevent it.; Widespread foreknowledge of the coup attempt met with deliberate inaction. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 866; De Gaulle purged the May 1958 army activists through scattered postings. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 948 (+3 more)

Related

• The 13 May coup was widely forewarned yet nothing was done to prevent it. (similarity 0.97)
• Widespread foreknowledge of the coup attempt met with deliberate inaction. (similarity 0.92)
• The Algiers leaders planned a para airborne coup against Paris in May 1958. (similarity 0.87)
• Qorshel was accused of coup planning for reports that proved prophetic (similarity 0.87)
• A coup plot against civil government in Algeria emerged in late 1956 (similarity 0.80)
• De Gaulle’s first cabinet deliberately sidelined the May activists. (similarity 0.79)
• De Gaulle purged Algeria’s army of May 1958 activists (similarity 0.79)
• Paris received precise warnings of the putsch but ignored them (similarity 0.79)
• De Gaulle purged the May 1958 army activists through scattered postings. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• The 13 May coup was widely forewarned yet nothing was done to prevent it. #corroborates (0.95)
• Widespread foreknowledge of the coup attempt met with deliberate inaction. #corroborates (0.80) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 866
• The Algiers leaders planned a para airborne coup against Paris in May 1958. #expands (0.35)
• De Gaulle purged the May 1958 army activists through scattered postings. #expands (0.30) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 948
• De Gaulle purged Algeria’s army of May 1958 activists #expands (0.30)
• De Gaulle’s first cabinet deliberately sidelined the May activists. #expands (0.30) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 915